by hadassah | Jul 13, 2008 | The Restoration
Ezra 6: The Order to Rebuild, Texts and Traditions, ed. Lawrence H. Schiffman, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken NJ, 1998. The Hebrew Bible Biblical sources assert that after sacrifices were quickly restarted after the Return, the building of the Temple was...
by hadassah | Jul 13, 2008 | The Restoration
Ezra 7-8: The Arrival of Ezra, Texts and Traditions, ed. Lawrence H. Schiffman, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken NJ, 1998. Ezra arrived in Jerusalem to furnish the Temple, gather the Levites to minister there, and allow the returning exiles to sacrifice for the...
by hadassah | Jul 13, 2008 | The Restoration
Ezra 9-10: Expulsion of Foreign Wives, Texts and Traditions, ed. Lawrence H. Schiffman, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken NJ, 1998. The Hebrew Bible Ezra was soon confronted with the problem of intermarriage of some Judeans with women from the neighboring nations....
by hadassah | Jul 13, 2008 | The Restoration
Nehemiah 1-6: Rebuilding the Wall and Gates of Jerusalem, Texts and Traditions, ed. Lawrence H. Schiffman, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken NJ, 1998. The Hebrew Bible Nehemiah, cupbearer to King Artaxerxes, hearing about the destruction of Jerusalem and the dire...
by hadassah | Jul 13, 2008 | The Restoration
Nehemiah 7-8: The Reading of the Torah, Texts and Traditions, ed. Lawrence H. Schiffman, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken NJ, 1998. The Hebrew Bible Soon after the arrival of Ezra in Judea in the middle of the fifth century B.C.E., the Judeans entered into a pact...
by hadassah | Jul 13, 2008 | The Restoration
Nehemiah 8: The Building of the Booths, Texts and Traditions, ed. Lawrence H. Schiffman, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken NJ, 1998. The Hebrew Bible One of the earliest examples of midrashic exegesis was in the manner it which Lev. 23-40-42 was interpreted by the...
